Irish v. Profitt

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMKINS

delivered the opinion, of the court:

Defendants appeal from an order of the circuit court of Logan County granting partition of 400 acres of farmland' devised by Article III of the will of John Wilson Robinson, who died on September 8, 1907, and whose will was admitted to probate on October 21,1907. The issue before this court .is whether the trial court erred in its interpretation of Article III and in its disposition of the farmland.

In Article;III, John Wilson Robinson (hereafter referred to as testator) devised life estates in the farmland in question to his…